New York judge rules criminal case against the Trump Organization and former CFO Allen Weisselberg..

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Source: CBS News

New York judge rules criminal case against the Trump Organization and former CFO Allen Weisselberg can proceed

BY GRAHAM KATES

A New York State judge ruled Friday that a criminal fraud and tax evasion prosecution against the Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, can proceed.

Weisselberg and the company asked a judge in February to dismiss all 15 counts charged against them. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed one of several tax fraud counts against the Trump Organization, but allowed all others to remain.

Attorneys for Weisselberg and the company did not immediately comment on Friday's decisions.

The Trump Organization and Weisselberg accused prosecutors of targeting them "based on political animus" toward former President Donald Trump. Weisselberg also argued he had received immunity against certain federal charges when he testified to a federal grand jury investigating former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.



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[Beakybird]

1. I thought that a few career prosecutors quit because they were dropping this case.

Wasn't this SDNY case dropped?

[NYC Liberal]

2. That was the case against Trump personally.

This is against the Trump Org.

[OhNo-Really]

9. Was that the NYC DA or SDNY?

I think it was the DA 🤷🏻?♀️

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. SDNY is federal, and not involved in either case

This ruling is regarding the NY criminal case against Trump’s company and his CFO.

There is also a civil case against Trump and his family- that’s the one where Trump took the fifth a few days ago.

[Beakybird]

12. Ok, but a NY state attorney dropped a criminal investigation against Trump himself.

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. It was Bragg, who is the Manhattan DA, not NY state.

Bragg claims the case is still open, but the mass resignation of the prosecutors says otherwise.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Animus

Yeah, prosecutors don't like crooks. See you at trial, Trumps.

[dchill]

4. "...political animus"

Okay. We can start there.

[liberal N proud]

5. I think the next few weeks/months are going to be very...

Bad for tpg.
He is not going to have many good days.

[Martin68]

6. YES!

[CaptainTruth]

7. Like Al Capone, it may be tax crimes that take down the Slobfather.

[TeamProg]

8. Scumbags, through and through.. n/t

[SergeStorms]

10. HA HA!

Every little bit of bad news for tfg is another millimeter closer to the "Big One". 🤗

[Blue Owl]

16. The words "tick tock motherfucker" have never been more juicy

[Ford_Prefect]

13. Just pursuing the facts, wherever they lead.

[Novara]

15. Nice.